The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is deeply divided over the issue of military service, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition debates restoring the programme due to the threat from Russia ...

PR is the principle that a party’s share of votes should match its share of legislative seats. Systems built on that principle treat votes for candidates as votes for their parties, too. Thus, it ...

Voters in an eastern German city chose an independant candidate over the Alternative for Germany contender on Sunday, blocking what would have been the far-right party's first urban win in a mayoral ...

Berlin - It was 1885 when Friedrich Trump first left Bad Dürkheim, in Germany’s western Palatinate region, for the United States. Now, 140 years later, the populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Monday to take on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ahead of five state elections next year as the party surges in the polls. Alarm is growing in ...

German politicians are making serious accusations against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. They allege the party is studying the country's critical infrastructure — in the interests of the ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, gestures while addressing supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, February 23, ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses parliamentarians during a session at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in Berlin on October 16, 2025, ahead of an EU Summit. [AFP] Germany ...

ASCHAFFENBURG, Germany, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The court hearing of an Afghan national accused of killing two people, including a toddler, during a knife attack in a city park began on Thursday, more than ...

Merz's reforms aim to revive economy, bolster armed forces Coalition leaders are struggling to get lawmakers in line Key bills on pensions, military service face resistance Infighting drives support ...

In September, the Left Party took part in the largest demonstration so far against Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Berlin. This was a deliberate deception. Beneath a few cynical phrases about ...

Federal agents clash with anti-I.C.E. protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Oct. 12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Editorial Fellow OpenAI sparks debate over AI-human ...